Butte semi-weekly miner., 1887-04-02
LOCAL NEWS NOTES.

DR.. Leavitt is on the sick list.
The dust nuisance will be the next thing
to suppress.
Bar silver in New York yesterday was
quoted at 90.
DR.. Hough has commenced the erection
of his new residence opposite that OF w. A.
Clark.
There was an exceedingly large crowd in
attendance at the trial of the five China
men last evening in the Police Court.
Officers Moorhead and Lysle were out for
drive Yesterday with theil spanking pair
of bays, and cut quite a dash on the
road.
Mrs, J. G.. Henderson has been the recip-
lent of some very handsome and valuable
presents from her relatives in Fulton, Mis-
souri,.
Heavier and higher poles will in few
weeks replace the telephone poles now in
use on Main street from the postofice
down to the gas works.
Sands & Boyces grand drawing takes
place at their store tonight. Sales cease
promptly at o'clock and the lucky num-
bers will be drawn from the wheel.
E. NJ. Bowen, proprietor OF toe Butte
City Hotel. and many other property'own-
ers in the Eastern part of town, are op-
posed to annexation to the municipality.
The Metropolitan Meat Market is just in
receipt of some superb family butter from
Wisconsin creameries, which, with the
corn.fed beef on the blocks, make tempt
ing display for epicures.
Capt. J. C. Shepherd, the patriotic old
soldier, is already laying his plans for the
Fourth of July. Hewill furnish full partic-
ulars in a few days, and says it will be one
of the biggest things on record.
The windows at the Postofice for stamps,
registers and money orders will be closed
after 2 o'clock to-day in order to enable
the force to complete the onerous work of
transferring stock to the new Postmaster.
There is a scarcity of beaux in Meader-
vile according to the statement of an at
tache of q certain Justices Court, who was
told by some of the bellies there recently to
'.iust trot them out" if he knew of any eli
gible young men in Butte on the market.
The ladies OF Ruth Chapter, o. E. g.. will
give donkey party at Masonic Hall next
Wednesday evening. just what a donkey
party is, ye local cannot tell. 1t is pre-
sumed, however, it will be an extremely in.
teresting gathering, for the ladies of the
craft always make their entertainments
very pleasing.
A complaint is made by lady residing
in Centerville of conduct on the part OF the
youth of that suburb that is ''highly un-
wrong," as the lady expressed it. The
children have taken advantage OF her alb
sence from home on several occasions to
break the windows of her house. This has
been both annoying and expensive to her.
Parents of children 80 behaving should
teach them differently.
Mr.. Patrick Talents commission as
Postmaster of Butte arrived yesterday and
he will enter upon the discharge OF his Office
with the good wishes of all who know him
on Friday next. Mr.. Talent intends maxi
ing no change at present in the personnel Of
his new Office with the exception of the
clerk at the delivery window. Mr.. Talent
has his commission framed already and it
is on view at John Bowes' furniture store
where the faithful can see the signature OF
the first Democrat in the White House in
twenty five years.
w. j. Penrose yesterday received his
commission from Governor Leslie as men,
ber of the Board of Labor Arbitrators. and
q private letter from the Governor instruct
ing him to be in Helena on Monday for the
purpose of organizing The members as
already published are J. D. kirtley, OF
Lewis and Clark for the Knights OF Labor;
r. A. Eddy, OF Missoula, for the employers,
and w. j. Penrose. the disinterested party.
It is rumored that Mr.. Eddy will have to
resign on account of being called out OF the
Territory on business, and Mr.. Curtis 10
mentioned 90 likely to receive the arpolnt-
ment.